Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles said on Monday that the Trump administration and its immigration raids were to blame for inflaming tensions in the city. In a televised interview, Ms. Bass sought to downplay the protests of the last few days. “This is not citywide civil unrest,” she said on CNN. “A few streets downtown, it looks horrible.”

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that ICE raids have created fear and unrest in the city and called on protesters to express their anger “peacefully.”